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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1934,
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE |
NORTH - SOUTH - EAST - WEST
; More Prize-Winning Letters Tell Human Stories of |
More Light, More Leisure in Happier Georgia Homes “
Printed here are excerpts from a few more of the hundreds and hundreds of
Wctters that flowed into our offices before the conclusion of the big prize contest
o the subject of “How the New Low Electric Rates Benefit My Home.” The contest,
1‘ fimmunccd several weeks ago, ended at mldmght, August 21.
~";l Writers of the letters on this page are being mailed checks for $2.00 each.
_WHowever, the letters printed below, and all others submitted in the contest, are still
y ligible for consideration in awarding the Grand Prizes. -
srand Prize Winners will be announeed
] during the week of September 16
“House of Dreams”
MISS KATHARINE HENRY, Summerville: “The new low
lectric rates have transformed my home from one of menial
rudgery into a ‘House of Dreams.” With a G. E. refrigerator
umming away, filled with dainty ices, crisp vegetables, cold
ilk and all those left-overs that make it such a money saver.
'he automatic electric range takes care of my meals with punc
uality. My rugs are free from dust and wear, thanks to the
acuum cleaney. Refreshing breezes wafted by my electric fan
ake the living room a haven of comfort. At the present low
ites, | hope soon to own an electric water heater.”
Kitchen Drudgery vs. Kitchen Enjoyment
MRS. H. L. TURNER, Riverdale: “I wanted an electric range
wiully but thought we could not afford one. Then your new low
ates became effective. We must not waste our Free Electricity
so we bought a beautiful table-top Universal range, in April,
nd discarded our wood and coal range. Results: A cooler, cleaner
ichen—soot and ashes eliminated, many hours for rest and
creation—kitchen drudgery’ changed to ‘kitchen enjoyment’
d what has it cost? Nothing at all—thanks to your new low
tes. Fuel for old stove would cost much more. In May, I had
e misfortune of breaking my left arm and expected to have to
mploy a cook for months, but due to ease of operating my
lectric Range, T soon found this unnecessary, thereby effecting
iother big saving.”
Cheapest- Fuel in 42 Years
MRS' FRED GOLDING, Butler: “I am delighted to tell how
lectricity saves expense, dirt and drudgery in my home. | have
n electric stove, refrigerator, vacuum cleaner, toaster, waffle
on, radio., fan, smoothing iron and electric lights. My bill when
ese appliances were first installed ranged from $7.00 to SB.OO
month, but with the new low electric rates it has been reduced
a fraction over $5.00. My next buy will be an electric water
cater. Have kept house 42 years and find electricity the cheap
t fuel | ever used.”
Convinced by Fair Trial
!\’;‘:Y{\ GUY GARRARD, Columbus: “For years I have owned
rw‘_:""i“k; range, used only for emergencies. This summer,
feading the heat, I determined to give these neéw low electric
Bies 2 fair trial. Great was my surprise and delight—for I
0,"7\", I was rather skeptical—to find that not only did I keep
", Cooking—that my kitchen, instead of an inferno, was a com
"able temperature, but most important and unbélievable fact,
o cctric bill was no more than in preyious years and, in
¢ months, actually less. I was convinced that I could cook
G cetricity with these new low rates at less cost even than
l Wood,
ot 7. S AT
‘ “All the Lights We Need”
e
,“,f‘ ‘;9' J. COLLIER, Damascus: “I have been using the fol
mlu: électric “I’Pl“{flce.s for the past five years: Stove, refrig-
E m_’.'f"‘"b"_"adw, iron, fan, clock and small water heater.
ights ;e”uz the lights we need in a seven-room house and have
i barn. Our bills on the old rate through the summer
Onri;)éfie;:fi from $10.50 to $ll.OO and on the new rate this
B ©:O9, so you see how we have been benefited by the
ate. We (‘efful'fly do aPPreciate it
L Work Cut In Half
MRS ~
buse ”E. MILLIKIN, R. F. D. 3, Winder: “I am a rural
e for {,‘H’,“fjt hU\'t"alWays appreciated equipment of the highest
1o effe, { 'd" ;“‘llez but not until your new low electric rates went
g I‘.u feel able to own an electric refrigerator. I now
ther 01, “'t i Tefrxgerator installed in my home, in addition to
ved woicpe PPliances. And I sometimes wonder how I ever
bme ‘LI L”t”‘i‘my as I find my domestic work cut in half. My
reatay oo ayS been one open to friends, but I now find even a
J letting elent rertaining, as my work has been made so light
HE electricity do the work.”
ettt el
Mis. 5 Canning String Beans
ectricig, pfi;‘BROQK, Canton: “l do all of my cooking with
ricity go,',Wmedm.""'"g- 1 kept a record of the amount of elec-
Uin the auan e cTing string beans which | cooked four
*ins cooked Ay a"d. compared this with the same amount of
Mes g muc},on an oil stove, and I found it cost almost three
fectric oven T}:? can them on the oil stove as it did in the
6id ol of s i last month (July) my bill was $4.71 net and
Bning for fa ;:; '.l"°°’;"'B: llghtmz., washing, ironing and lots of
be same amo“my c; five. The bill for July wac $1.40 less than
g.” of electricity would have cost under the old
“Front Porch to Back Yard”
MRS. J. G: ANDREWS; Wayneshoro: “From my front porch
to my back yard, I enjoy the use of electricity. I have been using
my Hughes Western Electric range for almost thirteen years. At
the time I started using this range, the price of current was
very high, but even then I considered it economy where a fam
ily had to-buy wood and pay a servant. This summer I have
been running two electric fans and I use the electric iron when
1 choose. For the first time in my life I can burn all the lights
I want to, for with all thig there has been no increase in my bill
over last year.”
All Major Appliances
MRS. E. C. WATKINS, Brooklet: “A few years age when the
Georgia Power Company brought electricity to our tewn, |
bought a large two-door G. E. refrigerator and have since added
Hotpoint electric water heater, electric fan, electric toaster and
an electric iron. We have four in our family and I use all of
these electric appliances and my bill for all each month is lc,c
than my refrigeration bill alone was before I had an electric
refrigerator.”
: From a Business Woman
MRS. A. M. BUTLER, 788 Greenwood Ave., N. E., Atlanta:
“At last a woman can satisfactorily hold down two jobs, that
of housekeeper and business woman—thanks to modern elec
trical appnances and the new low electric rates, which enable
the majority of us to surround ourselves with labor-saving elec
trical devices.”
“Peace Into Our Home”
MRS. CLAUD D. NELSON, 252 Winona Dr., Decatur: “With
the new low electric rates our family has had a new world of
pleasure and comfort opened to it at no increase in cest. Elec
tricity has truly become a servant in our home. We have had
ten new outlets placed within convenient reach. The new low
rates have brought peace into our home. It is no longer neces
sary to disturb the household with frequent shouts of ‘Turn out
the light'.”
‘While Prices Go Upward
MRS. ROBERT P. CHESHIRE, 521 Page Ave., N. E., Atlanta:
“From October 4th to November 3rd, 1933, my electric bill was
$9.81 under the old rate. From December 4th to January 3rd,
1934, the bill was only $7.45 under the new rate—a saving of
$2.36 during the months when more electricity is consumed than
at argr other time of the year. It is very gratifying to know
that during these days when other commodities are leaping up
ward in price that electric rates have been reduced.”
; Eleven Times as Much
MR. and MRS. J. T. WILBANKS, Eastman: “Our light bill
June Bth, 1933, to July 10th, 1933, was $1.09 for six kilowatt
hours. During the same period of 1934, we used SIXTY-EIGHT
kilowatt hours for the small amount of $3.31. Eleven and one
third times 1933 consumption, at only three times the cost.”
Savings Buy Clothes' and Shoes
CHARLES H. WALTERS, 1527 Craig St., Augusta: “I have
figured that if the amount saved each month as a result of the
new reduced electric rates was placed aside, it would amount to
2 handsome sum in a year’s time. It would provide for the pur
chase of at least three pairs of high-grade shoes, a nice suit of
clothes, at least two dresses of nice quality material, or any
znfdof a number of other necessities, both personal and house
o "’
Washing Children’s Clothes
MRS. D. THAXTON, Crawfordville: “With many play suits
and little frocks to wash and iron each day, and using the hot
plate for preserving and jelly maAing, the almost constant de
mand fo'r an iced drink and many more demands on the elec
tric service, | find the new low electric rates relieve my mind of
the ever present shadow of running the light bill up,”
Savings Come In Handy v
DEWEY KENNEY, Greenshoro: “We have not the privilege
of owning an electric stove or electric refrigerator, but we have
the pnvt;‘l:ge of thb:- electric ligg: and electric iron, and our sav
ing on the new rates averages 54 cents per month, which
for other advantages for the home” ” -
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
“Could Hardly Believe My Eyes!”
MRS. L. E. CARLYLE, Jefferson: “I have always wanted elec
tric lights in my home but thought they were too expensive. Then
we heard about the new low rates, and we had our house wired
up. The first month I just knew when the light bill came it
_would be a big one, I could hardly believe my eyes—it was so
small. Then we got an electric iren, also an electric fan. Anyone
that doesn’t have electric lights doesn’t know the pleasure they
are missing.”
; ! Lighte—Comfort—Entertainment
MRS. R. O. DeLOACHE, Glennville: “Instead of stumbling
hither and yon, switching lights off frantiaally, | now enjoy my
home well lighted, thereby lending to it beauty—also radiance
to those within. Through these sweltering 100-degree days and
sultry nights, my fan has run constantly, bringing refreshing
breezes and normal hours of sleep. It is a pleasure to cruise
with the Show Boat., ... to be entertained by the world’s great
sst musicians by the radio without fear of running up the Bill”
#“Cut Our Bills Almost In Half”
MRS. BASCOM S. DEAVER, 503 Boulevard Ave., N. H.,,
Macon: “Regardless of how large or small wives’ household
budgets are, they have a way of refusing to work. The new
low electric rates have cut our bills almost in half. This new
helped greatly to balance the budget without depriving the
family of ‘a single electrical comfort. I would like to say that
we get splendid service from the Macon office.” !
A Family of Eight
MRS. L. L. WINGATE, Ochlocknee: “In 1927, I was living
in Florida, and was forced to sell my Frigidaire because the
rates were so high, Lately we have moved to Georgia and now
1 am using lights, iron, radio, toaster, milk shaker, fan and per
colator, and again have a new Frigidaire, and hope to have a
range as my next investment. Since there are eight in our
family, this saving is quite an item.”
Current Cheaper Than Worry
C. W. HAM, Rochelle: “My home has eight rooms with fouws
teen lights. Under the old rates I spent considerable time turn
ing out lights behind the children, but now I just let them burn,
for the current is cheaper than worry. In addition to lights we
ogerate an eight-tube radio, « smoothing iron, vacuum cleaner,
churn, percolater, washer, fan, toaster, water heater, a small
wood saw, and my bills are less than $3 a month. As prosperity
returns I shall buy more and more electric appliances till my
home is completely electrified.”
Something to Spend for Something Else
MRS. W. A. WALKER, 100 Clark St., Milledgeville: “l have
a Hotpoint range, a G. E. refrigerator and an automatic water
heater, with almost all the small appliances and four electric
fans which I use night and day this hot weather. I use the range
for cooking three meals a day and | keep the water heater and
refrigerator on all the time and, since the rates are lower,
I have put in extra plugs so I can have more lights. And with
all of my electric luxuries, | have not used all of my free elec
tricity but I have about $3.00 each month to spend for some
thing else. My bills now are under $lO each month. Before the
rates were lowered they were sl2 and sls. each month.”
Back to an Electnic Range !
MRS. ELIZABETH M. (MRS. J. B.) SHAW, Hartwell: “Thvee
years ago, to reduce expenses, | discarded my electric range and
purchased an oil stove. My electric bill, while using the oil stove,
was approximately five dollars monthly and kerosene bill three
fifty monthly, making a total of eight-fifty. While I found an
electric stove much cleaner, cooler and faster cooking, I was will
mg to use the oil stove for economy’s sake. This year the
Georgia Power Company offered its new low rates and a most
attractive price on Hotpoint ranges, so I bought a new Hotpoint
ran%e. Using the range, G. E. refrigerator, iron and a 12-inch
electric fan and all the lights we have needed, my electric bill is
averaging seven dollars. Cooking on the oil stove was drudgery;
cooking on the new Hotpoint is a pleasure.”
: Lights Everywhere
MRS, D. D. McCASKILL, Tifton: “From early childhood 1
was cautioned to turn off the lights when leaving a room to
sawe on the light bill—and how [ dreoded to enter a dark room!
The new electric rates make 1 possible to have many lights on
and feel that I am not being wasteful. It makessthe home warm,
cheerful and the family happy to have plenty of soft lights
wherever needed.”
As Good as Her Piano
MISS GWENDOLYN EDGE, Canton: “In our Domestic Sci
ence at school, we had a wood stove, an oil stove and a Hotpoint
electric range. We girls were supposed to take turns on all three
stoves, but 1 noticed that we all wanted the electric range. Of
course, I understood this as we have a Hotpoint in our home,
and are certainly proud of it. I value it as I do my piano (and
that is saying a-plenty).”
GEORGIA
POWER COMPANY
' Kitchen Clean and Cool §
MRS. E. H. DICKIE, Chatsworth: “The new electric rates
have enabled me to add to my other electric marvels a ({nivn
sal electric range and vacuum cleaner. The range is' as much
an improvement over the wood stove as the electric lights over
the brass lamp—no wood, no soot and ashes, no smoked pots and
pans to scrub. Instead of my kitchen being like a furnace, it is
, always cool and easy to keep clean.” ;
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Nothing as Cheap as Electricity
CHAS. 8. GURR, Vienna: “We have béen using electric H%
fans and irons since we commenced housekeéping, but in 1
we bought the first electric refrigerator for the home that came
to our little town. Shortly after, we bought our electric range,
a little later a water heater. When the depression put me out of
business in 1931....1 cut off the water heater and refrigerator.
Rates began to decline and I switched on my refrigerator again
in 1933, and watched my bills closely. There is nothing that
comes into my home that has declined in price so much as elee
tric current. 1 think 1 am safe in saying tge decline on my bills
has amounted to from 65 to 75 per cent.” x
At Cotton-Pickin’ Time -
MRS. E. H. LANGSTON, Dublin: “Always before, when the
first cotton-bolls opened, my heart began to sink—as | knew
that my cook would join the army of cotton-pickers. Now at
the turn of a switch, my meals are cooked better, the whole
house is cooler and the new low rates are actually cheaper than
old-fashioned HEAT.”
. Costs Less Than Stove Wood
‘MRS, H. T. LONG, Lavonia: “When so much publlclt{ was
given to the new electric rates, I could not resist any longer
my desire for an electric range. Now, T have a gogd. wood stove
for sale at a bargain. The cost of cooking two or Tiree meals a
day has increased my electrie bill only about $3.00 per month,
which is less than stove wood was costing per month.” :
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More Electricity for Less Money
MRS. W. V. BRANDON, Grovetown: “My kitthen is now as
cool and comfortable as any other room in the house and the
food is cooked better in a shorter length of time. My grocery
oill has shown a considerable decrease since I have used elec
tric refrigeration. I can keep vegetables, fruits, etc., raw and
cooked, for a week with no sign of spoilage. A radio, sewing
machine and fan have made my home comfortable and house
work easier during the summer months at a surprisingly low
cost. | have used electricity more freely for a lower cost than
before.”
Planning for More Appliances
MRS, H. L. CARTER, Vidalia: “I have been using an electrie
stove for three years and find it more convenient and less ex=
pensive than other stoves. Since the new low electric rates went
into effect, my electric bills have been approximately $1.50 less
each month than under the old rates. I purchased an electrie
refrigerator about three months ago and have also added larger
light bulbs and still' do not note any increase. I plan to buy
other electric equipment in order to take advantage of my fre*
electricity.”
Life Begins at Forty
MRS. M. P. WHITWORTH, Adairsville: “Doing without elece
tric lights and appliances till I was 40 years old only makes
me more appreciative of the help and pleasure I get from my
electric stove, G. E. refrigerator, churn, radio, waffle iron, iron,
fans, vacuum cleaner, percolator and heater. And since we were
given the new rate, | do not hear ‘turn off the light' quite &§
often.” :
Appliances Going Full Tilt - e
MRS. FRED SNELL, Rome: “Recently, we have found thas
we actually use less than two-thirds of our current which the
new rates allotted us, but which was a distinct loss when nos
used. The only way we can get the benefit of the free kilowatt
hours is to use more current, thereby using up the ‘bonus’ kilo
watt hours. Drive by our home now and see the lights glittering
like a summer garden, and just step in and see our electrig
equipment going “full tilt, and just think—with no expensp
to us!”
New Rates Welcome New Citizen v
ROY VON BRIESEN, 1625 McLendon Ave., Atlanta: | reh
cently moved my family to your fair city from Baltimore. Ob
viously, there are many new plans and adjustments to be
considered in transporting a 'family to a strange place so far
away. Not the least among the important considerations is the
household budget. Consequently we awaited with much interest
and anticipation the arrival of the first electric bill. When i 2
finally came, there was much rejoicing over the amount of it.
We find that we can use more appliances for less money new
than we have ever been able to do heretofore, and find ‘M
comfort in the knowledge that there is no such fear of ‘dissi
pated current’ in our home, due to the liberal benefits we an®
receiving from your low rates.”
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